clear the neighborhood

动词 v.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To become gravitationally dominant, such that there are no other bodies of comparable size within its orbit, other than its natural satellites or those otherwise under its gravitational influence.
    — Clearing the neighborhood is one of three necessary criteria for a celestial body to be considered a planet in the Solar System, according to the definition adopted in 2006 by the International Astronomical Union.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see clear, the, neighborhood.
    — He clears the neighborhood and drives toward the busier part of town, unaware he's doing fifty till he skids to meet a red light.

词形变化

clears the neighborhood present,singular,third-person clearing the neighborhood participle,present cleared the neighborhood participle,past cleared the neighborhood past clear the neighbourhood alternative
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